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BREAKING: The Kentucky Democratic Party Has a National Problem On Its Hands

As if Jennifer Moore’s treatment of Jeff Noble (she’s still doing it) wasn’t bad enough, get a load of this. Twenty people (delegates) have filed a complaint or challenge against Ruth Ann Palumbo and the Kentucky Democratic Party for failure to implement a plan approved by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee. Both Chairwoman Jennifer [...]
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Experts studying climate say they got first hand experience with warming

Five scientists studying shorebirds in northern Alaska had to themselves take flight after a polar bear showed up at a time of year it should have been out on ice floes hunting seals. The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society said Thursday that it chartered a plane to fly the experts out early "because of a new and unusual threat: a polar bear stuck on land due to climate change."     -Read More-

Today’s Boring Or Whatever So Let’s Play a Game

Answer these life-or-death questions: Who would you pick to pet sit your dog? Anne Northup or John Yarmuth If you needed a kidney transplant, whose would you rather have?
 
Mitch Mcconnell’s kidney or Bruce Lunsford’s kidney Who would you rather remove a splinter from your finger? Barack Obama or John McCain If you were arrested and locked up for DUI, who would [...]
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Governor Beshear Signs Electric Car Order

Remember those cute little three-wheeled electric cars? Governor Steve Beshear just signed an executive order allowing them on Kentucky roads. The press release: FRANKFORT, Ky. (August 5, 2008) – Gov. Steve Beshear today signed an executive order directing the Transportation Cabinet to immediately develop and implement an emergency regulation authorizing the use of low-speed electric vehicles on Kentucky’s [...]
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Judge Denies Teens To Become Part of Six Flags Lawsuit

A judge has ruled the families of two Louisville teens won't be allowed to collect damages as part of a negligence lawsuit against Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
 
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More drug abuse, less treatment in E. Ky.
The BlackWednesday Newsroom
Written by -Chuck   
Wednesday, 13 August 2008


LONDON . A higher proportion of people in Appalachia abuse prescription painkillers than in the rest of the nation, and the problem is even greater in coal-mining areas such as Eastern Kentucky, according to a federal study.

Compounding the problem, relatively few facilities in Appalachia offer short and long-term residential treatment . the kind of service needed by many people addicted to OxyContin and other painkillers.

.There's truly an access-to-health-care disparity for these coal-producing counties that we need to address,. said David Mathews, director of adult services with Kentucky River Community Care, which provides services including substance-abuse and mental-health treatment in eight Eastern Kentucky counties.

The findings are included in a new study of access to substance-abuse and mental-health treatment in Appalachia that was underwritten by the Appalachian Regional Commission. a federal-state partnership that works to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and a better life for Appalachian residents.
 
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